de-

prefix

/dɛ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”). For sense development, compare Old English æf-, which was a similar prefix.

derived from dē-

Definitions

1
reversal, undoing
- de- + couple → decouple
- de- + align → dealign
- de- + ice → de-ice
2
to remove from, removed
- de- + bus → debus
- de- + bark → debark
- de- + benzylate → debenzylate
3
Intensifying
- de- + fraud → defraud
- de- + complex → decomplex
- de- + numerate → denumerate
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1. 4
  derived from, of
  - de- + substantival → desubstantival
  - de- + verbal → deverbal
  - de- + mise → demise
2. 5
  down, downward
  - de- + scando → descend
  - de- + press → depress
3. 6
  Unisex prefix used in African-American given names.
  - De- + Shawna → DeShawna
  - De- + Angelo → DeAngelo
  - De- + Andre → DeAndre

The neighborhood

synonymoff-from
synonymout-from
synonymab-from
synonymapo-from
synonymawayfrom
synonymofffrom
antonymre-antonym(s) of “undo”
antonymem-antonym(s) of “remove”
neighboran-
neighbordis-
neighborin-
neighbornon-
neighborun-

Derived

debar, debus, decouple, decrypt, deforestation

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for de-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA